Is There A Rule Of Thumb On When You'll Need Supports?
Decorating By emarcomd Updated 8 Apr 2014 , 10:02pm by emarcomd
A newbie here.
I'm nowhere near ready for tiered cakes, but sometimes even when I'm making a plain old layer cake I notice that bottom layer will get flatter and wider. I don't often use fondant, but if I do I'm guessing that will be a huge problem.
Obviously it happens usually when the cake is bigger, but I was wondering if there was a rule of thumb, or it's something bakers just learn from experience.
Are there any tips like, if it's a 6" cake, you can do 4 layers before you need supports, but if it's 9" you can only do 3?
Or can you weigh your cakes once they come out of the oven, and if it's over X ounces you need a support?
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